The Opium Wars were started after the Chinese Government banned the Europeans from bringing the opium into their country. The Opium Wars were the Europeans way to enter China. With the opium the Europeans traded the people of China opium for their natural resources(tea). They got the Chinese addicted to the opium so that they would be dependent on them. The opium comes from the Popeye plant and comes from the family of heroin, morphine, codein, mescalun, and opium. These drugs are know as the opiates.
The Opium Wars were between China and England. The British won the war effortlessly because of the fact that they had better weapons and were more advanced than the Chinese. The Chinese were using swords while the British had guns and cannons and were kill the Chinese by 10s or 15s. The Europeans won the war easily and were able to capture China. China was now a colony of the Brits and they were able to shape China however they pleased
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